Fletcher LAW and GRACE Ministries exists to promote the gospel of Jesus Christ through the preaching,teaching and writing ministry of Fletcher Law. Faith is the theme. We also just have some fun talking SEC football and other stuff. Fletcher is from Gainesville,GA., BS Ed.Ole Miss, MEd. North Georgia College and State University, M.Div Emory-Candler School of Theology, D.Min Samford-Beeson Divinity School.

Monday, February 18, 2013

This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we
set our hearts at rest in his presence:
If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts,
and he knows everything. (1 John 3:19, 20 NIV)

MY ANSWER:

Here is a lesson on Bible study we all need to heed to when
examining Scripture–

1)
Who is the author writing to? (God ordained the
human author with an eternal message.)

(Here it is John writing to new Christians.)

2)
Why is he writing?

(At the beginning in chapter 1:3-4 says “3 We proclaim to
you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us.
And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We
write this to make our joy complete.”)

3)
What is the whole theme of the message of that
paragraph or chapter. Check the
proceeding and following chapters to see if they affect the understanding of
the authors message.

The message is

1)
Christians have the love of Christ in there heart.

2)
Humans have evil naturally in their heart.

3)
There is conflict with the love of Christ and
our natural evil heart.

4)
Do not
trust our emotions of the heart as it is fickle.

5)
When we are saved, the text is talking to
Christians, we dwell in Christ and he dwells in us through the Holy Spirit.

When we repent of our sins and call on the Lord Jesus Christ
for salvation he sends the Holy Spirit to dwell in us. We Christians have now a helper or counselor
to turn to examine our disturbed heart. We can know our emotions need to be checked
with the loving Holy Spirit’s witness and respond to God humbly and correctly.

Below is the entire passage from 1 John 3: 11-24

11 For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We
should love one another. 12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one
and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions
were evil and his brother’s were righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, my brothers
and sisters, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death
to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.
15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no
murderer has eternal life residing in him.

16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down
his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and
sisters. 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in
need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? 18
Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in
truth.

19 This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how
we set our hearts at rest in his presence: 20 If our hearts condemn us, we know
that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21 Dear friends,
if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God 22 and receive
from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.
23 And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,
and to love one another as he commanded us. 24 The one who keeps God’s commands
lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know
it by the Spirit he gave us.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

The world is perplexed and confused with the problem of who Jesus is.QUESTION RECEIVED:

Christians are overwhelmed by
the world wide Islam community.

They reject the Trinity,
crucifixion and the 3rd day resurrection accounts of Jesus, and that Jesus was
God’s only son.

Was Muhammad a false prophet?

MY ANSWER:

Yes we Christians, and God,
claim that Jesus Christ is God’s only son, the second person of the Trinity.

This makes atheist mad.

John 3:16 New King James
Version (NKJV)

16 For God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not
perish but have everlasting life.

We, along with Jesus Christ
say He is King of the Jews.

This makes Jews mad.

Matthew 27:11 New King James
Version (NKJV)

11 Now Jesus stood before the
governor. And the governor asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
Jesus said to him, “It is as you say.”

Jesus Christ and Christians
believe in Jesus is God in the flesh.

This makes Islamist, Jews and
everyone else mad.

John 14:6-9 New King James
Version (NKJV)

6 Jesus said to him, “I am
the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

7 “If you had known Me, you
would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen
Him.”

8 Philip said to Him, “Lord,
show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.”

9 Jesus said to him, “Have I
been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen
Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

Jesus Christ and Christians
believe in the Trinity(Father , Son and Holy Spirit in the Godhead), and this
makes Islamist, Jews and all non-Christians mad.

Matthew 28:18-19 New King James Version (NKJV)

18 And Jesus came and spoke
to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

The Bible bears witness from
the empty tomb after the crucifixion that those who are enemies of the gospel
will distort the gospel and crucifixion and resurrection.

Matthew 28:11-15 New King
James Version (NKJV)

11 Now while they were going,
behold, some of the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests
all the things that had happened. 12 When they had assembled with the elders
and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, 13
saying, “Tell them, ‘His disciples came at night and stole Him away while we
slept.’ 14 And if this comes to the governor’s ears, we will appease him and
make you secure.” 15 So they took the money and did as they were instructed;
and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

God believed in the Trinity,
crucifixion, resurrection and His only Son, God in the flesh to be the only
plan, and thank God for that plan, to save a sinful humanity from the beginning
of time. This infuriates a lost world.

Ephesians 1:4 New King James
Version (NKJV)

4 just as He chose us in Him
before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame
before Him in love,

Islam was created by Muhammad
over 600 years after Christianity. Yes
he was a false prophet that corrupted the Old Testament and New as well as the
crucifixion account.

Again, non-Christians are
naturally enemies of the gospel.

But so was the Apostle Paul
once.

All Christians were enemies
of the gospel until they were saved.

A Christian is not called to
get in nit-picky arguments with people of other faiths or no faiths. Christ died for them.

Christians are called to be
holy and follow the Great commission and witness.

(Matthew 28:18-19) 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all
the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you;
and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

1 Therefore
if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any
fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, 2 fulfill my joy by being
like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let
nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind
let each esteem others better than himself. 4 Let each of you look out not only
for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.

(Be humble you were a sinner
that needed saving –think of others-a well known saying “I am a former beggar
telling telling other beggars where to get bread.”)

5 Let this
mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God,
did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no
reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of
men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became
obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. 9 Therefore God
also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of
those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

(Christ first-if your
testimony is not about the gospel of Jesus Christ –it is wrong!!!)

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Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only,
but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and
trembling; 13 for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His
good pleasure.

14 Do all
things without complaining and disputing, 15 that you may become blameless and
harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse
generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, 16 holding fast the
word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in
vain or labored in vain.

17 Yes, and
if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of
your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. 18 For the same reason you also
be glad and rejoice with me.

(Our goal is to be a drink offering- poured out in service for others
in Christ}

19 But I
trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I also may be
encouraged when I know your state. 20 For I have no one like-minded, who will
sincerely care for your state. 21 For all seek their own, not the things which
are of Christ Jesus. 22 But you know his proven character, that as a son with
his father he served with me in the gospel. 23 Therefore I hope to send him at
once, as soon as I see how it goes with me. 24 But I trust in the Lord that I
myself shall also come shortly.

25 Yet I
considered it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker,
and fellow soldier, but your messenger and the one who ministered to my need;
26 since he was longing for you all, and was distressed because you had heard
that he was sick. 27 For indeed he was sick almost unto death; but God had
mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow
upon sorrow. 28 Therefore I sent him the more eagerly, that when you see him
again you may rejoice, and I may be less sorrowful. 29 Receive him therefore in
the Lord with all gladness, and hold such men in esteem; 30 because for the
work of Christ he came close to death, not regarding his life, to supply what
was lacking in your service toward me.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

“24 Therefore the law was our tutor to
bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.”

There were civil and ceremonial
laws given by Moses that were for Old Testament times.

The Mosaic Law is what we
simply know as the Ten Commandments.

The law still has a function
despite what some well-meaning Christians might think.

The law shows humanity’s
total inability to be righteous and holy in order to see God.

The law points humanity to
the cross as our only hope for salvation.

By his perfect life Jesus Christ,
fully God and fully man, was the perfect unblemished sacrifice for our sin..

He received the wrath of God on
the cross intended for sinners to pay the sin debt of us law breakers who
repent and trust in Christ as Lord and Savior.

2 Corinthians 5:21 New King James Version (NKJV)

21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be
sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Matthew 5:17-18 New King James Version (NKJV)

17 “Do not think that I came to destroy
the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 For
assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle
will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.”

Praise God for the use and
the function of the law for salvation.

Are you still under the
impression that the law is evil?

When Jesus Christ was raised from the grave we who believe could
rise above the condemnation through faith and the grace of our Savior.

First when you know the pastor’s
adultery really happened you need to witness to him.

Why?

The man is probably not saved
and in danger of hell fire.

Losing his job and or position is the least of the man's worries.

He is living a deviant and
damning lifestyle.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 New King
James Version (NKJV)

9 Do you not know that the unrighteous
will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators,
nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves,
nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the
kingdom of God.

The Word in the New Testament
says adulterers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

1Corinthians 6:11 And such were some of
you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in
the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

God can save a sinning
pastor.

You might ask “He is saved
and just messing up.”

Scripture says the adulterer
is doomed.

He must repent as the great
evangelist Sam Jones said

“David was a great sinner,
but he was a first-class repenter.”

God loves the sinner and
really hates the damning sin no matter who does not like it.

Matthew 18:15-17 tells us how to deal with a sinning brother.

“15 “Moreover if your brother sins
against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears
you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he will not hear, take with you
one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be
established.’ 17 And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if
he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax
collector.”

Your pastor, if he is an
adulterer, has put his soul in jeopardy and has caused chaos in the house of
the Lord, his own household and damaged his conspirators soul.

Go to him now!!!

Do not let his title keep you from being true to Scripture and helping him.

About Me

I have a great family of three and we live in Gainesville,GA. I am the Pastor of Good News at Noon which is a community ministry and homeless shelter for what the world calls the least and the lost. My philosophy of ministry is from our founder Mr. Gene Beckstein- "Lift Jesus Up". My first book is out "Receiving Grace In The Grove". I have served as an adjunct professor for a Christian school Point University. I teach 7th grade Social Studies and coach 8th grade football for a great community - the Hilliard A. Wilbanks Patriots in Demorest,GA.